Jeep Performance Improvement Ideas
Installing a Spartan Locker in my 1991 XJ
Before you purchase a locker for a Dana 35 you need to determine the size of the spider gears. There were two different sizes. 1.5 and 1.62. Various web sites show the change over point at 93 or 94. However, I found my 91 had the larger size. My advice is measure before you buy to make sure you are getting the right one. Otherwise you will have to return the wrong one like I did.
Continue reading “Spartan locker in a Dana 35”I’m not sure the Rock It air intake system is made anymore. I have had it a very long time.
So long that the K&N air filter had rubbed a hole in the wire where it had been rubbing the dipstick tube. The rubber coupling at the throttle body was also in bad shape.
Continue reading “Jeep 4.0 Rock It intake refresh”On a rebuilt engine or if just changing the oil pump, you can do considerable damage to the engine if you try to start it without oil pressure. It takes quite a few turns to purge the air out of the system on a new pump.
Continue reading “How to prime the oil pump on a Jeep 4.0”I finally decided to pull my engine and give it a refresh. 450,000 miles.
First I set the transmission on a jack and removed the cross member.
Next I removed the drive shafts and the exhaust.
Then I lowered the transmission slightly and removed the transfer case.
My son bought this Jeep from his high school history teacher. He and my dad repainted it and Scott restored the interior using parts from Pull a Part and from another donor Wagoneer he found.
